Amos 5:23
Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear the melody of thy viols.
KJV
Aufer a me tumultum carminum tuorum ; et cantica lyræ tuæ non audiam.
Vulgate
μετάστησον ἀπ’ ἐμοῦ ἦχον ᾠδῶν σου, καὶ ψαλμὸν ὀργάνων σου οὐκ ἀκούσομαι·
LXX
Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear the melody of thy viols.
ASV
הָסֵ֥ר מֵ/עָלַ֖/י הֲמ֣וֹן שִׁרֶ֑י/ךָ וְ/זִמְרַ֥ת נְבָלֶ֖י/ךָ לֹ֥א אֶשְׁמָֽע
Hebrew
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In the original Hebrew
8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
הֲמ֥וֹן
hmvn
noun · 83×
זִמְרָֽה
zmrh
noun · 4×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
נְבָלִ֖ים
nblym
noun · 38×
סָ֥ר
sr
verb · 301×
עַל
'l
noun · 5732×
שִׁ֥יר
shyr
noun · 91×
שִׁמְעוּ
shm'v
verb · 1157×
Historic Christian voices
5 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
§2100Outward sacrifice, to be genuine, must be the expression of spiritual sacrifice: "The sacrifice acceptable to God is a broken spirit...."17 The prophets of the Old Covenant often denounced sacrifices that were not from the heart or not coupled with love of neighbor.18 Jesus recalls the words of the prophet Hosea: "I desire mercy, and not sacrifice."19 The only perfect sacrifice…
1. Having boldly reflected on the faults of the Hebrews, and sufficiently alarmed them, he consoles them, first, by praises, and secondly (which also is the stronger ground), by the [thought] that they would certainly attain the object of their hope. Moreover he draws his consolation, not from things future, but again from the past, which indeed would the rather persuade them. …
Cross-references
- 2Sam 6:5 — And David and all the house of Israel played before the LORD on all manner of instruments made of fir wood, even on harps, and on psalteries, and on timbrels, and on cornets, and on cymbals.
- Amos 6:5 — That chant to the sound of the viol, and invent to themselves instruments of musick, like David;
- Amos 6:5 — That chant to the sound of the viol, and invent to themselves instruments of musick, like David;
- Amos 8:3 — And the songs of the temple shall be howlings in that day, saith the Lord GOD: there shall be many dead bodies in every place; they shall cast them forth with silence.
- Amos 8:3 — And the songs of the temple shall be howlings in that day, saith the Lord GOD: there shall be many dead bodies in every place; they shall cast them forth with silence.
- Amos 8:10 — And I will turn your feasts into mourning, and all your songs into lamentation; and I will bring up sackcloth upon all loins, and baldness upon every head; and I will make it as the mourning of an onl